Ramones - Now who is who?

American rock band from
Forest Hills, Queens (New York), often advertised as the world’s first punk
rock band.

It was singer/guitarist Douglas Colvin who was the first to adopt
the new surname Ramone, after which all other band members - although unrelated
– did the same.

Colvin's name change had to do with the admiration he felt for
Paul McCartney. Macca used the pseudonym Paul Ramon at the time The Beatles were
born (see there) and also when he joined in with The Steve Miller Band in 1969 during
the recording of the song My Dark Hour.

McCartney chose a pseudonym on more
occasions. As Apollo C. Vermouth he contributed to the only hit of the Bonzo
Dog Doo-Dah Band (McCartney produced it) entitled I'm The Urban Spaceman.

His
alias was Percy 'Thrills' Thrillington when he released an orchestra version of
the album Ram.

And once he went through life as Bernard Webb, this was when he
wrote the song Woman for Peter & Gordon; the Beatle wanted to see if he would
be just as successful with a name that was not so well known. He was, but it
was a very small success.